18 years ago in the Zilker Park Rose Garden in Austin, you became my wife.
And I’ve never regretted that day.
OK, so maybe a couple of times I thought, “what was I thinking?” Like twice in 18 years. And those thoughts lasted all of 15 seconds. 15 seconds out of 567,648,000 seconds of marriage isn’t bad (that’s 0.000002% if anyone is counting).
You are my best friend. You’re an amazing wife, mother, entrepreneur, real estate agent and most importantly, you are an incredible human being.
Why and how you put up with me may well be the only thing that one could question. You could have any man on the planet. That you chose me makes me one lucky, and thankful, guy.
Who’d have thought 18 years ago, as we stood in those beautiful gardens, sweating profusely in the Austin heat and humidity, that we’d have two wonderful kids, our own business, and too many great memories to count.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you. I can’t wait to see what the next 18 years bring us.
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Jay,
I think you’ve perfectly demonstrated the “Why and how you put up with me may well be the only thing that one could question.”
Marriage isn’t easy and this business isn’t easy and the fact that you do both together and continue to cherish each other is refreshing. Wishing you many more years together! ~Blessings
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Congratulations to you both! May you have a lifetime of good times.
Awe! You softy, you! Congratulations to you both.
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Jay, IMHO Francie’s pretty lucky, too.
Happy anniversary!!! You are both completely blessed. Here’s to many, many more happy years.
Cheers,
Heather
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May you have many, many more wonderful years together.
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You both are so blessed with one another, and you give all of us hope! Many happy anniversary wishes for years to come to 2 awesome people!
Congratulations to you and Francy, Jay.
Wow! Those words say I love you so beautifully. Congratulations to you both, Howard
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Jay, congratulations to you and Francy! Well done.
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OK, I give you high marks as a blogger for that post. I think I will have to something similar for my wife.
Happy Anniversary to the best husband and wife team!
There is no way I can write a response to equal this post. I am so very lucky to be sharing my life with the funniest, most romantic, and tender hearted guy. Life isn’t easy and I’m glad we’re working our way through it together.
(Your readers are thinking how sickening we are right about now)
Happy Anniversary!
Jay – that was absolutely beautiful – Happy Anniversary – it’s great to be married to your best friend!!
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Congrats to both. Life is Good.
Happy Anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. TPREG! (Jay – Now lay off the blogging for a few hours and go spend some time with your bride.)
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ahhhhh. Congratulations to you both. What a lovely tribute. Francy is quite lucky too.
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This is a perfect demonstration on how love should be.
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Congratulations on 18 years of marriage! What a wonderful milestone to share!
Congratulations Jay. I guess we will need to wait until you surrender the computor to hear what Francy has to say about it.
I hope there were Roses involved.
Super Congrats! It’s always good to see examples of when it does work out!
Congrats on 18 years of marriage!! I just ready Fancy’s comment, too, and it does indeed sound like you guys have the spark still going-many congrats on your very happy anniversary!
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Congrats to you both! My husband and I have been married 60 days and can only hope we make it that long!! Hope you have 18 more years!
Congrats Jay and Francy!
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My wife just read what you wrote and wants to know why I didn’t write something like that on my blog on our anniversary. Thanks Jay!
Congrats
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What a wonderful post to read first thing this morning – very touching and congratulations to both of you! May you have many MANY more wonderful years together!
Congrats!
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Hope my wife doesn’t see this — you’ve set the bar high. But it’s something for us to aim for! Congrats.
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Take it from someone who just celebrated 25 years of marriage – when done right, it’s the sweetest thing.
Happy anniversary Jay and Francy.
- marc
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You two are tooooo cute, Happy Happy anniversary
Too Cute! Happy Anniversary and I wish you many more to come!
Austin Homes TX
This was soooo sweet, I almost cried. Congratulations you guys, and Happy Anniversary.
-Kathy
What a beautiful articulation of your respect for your wife. Happy Happy Anniversary to you both!
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Stop it now Jay! Ya have tears running down my face! Very sweet post today. ~ Colleen
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18 years congrats. It so refreshing to hear of someone that has succeeded with the vigor you have.
Aloha,
Keahi
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Great post. Marriage takes work but the payoff is so great. I love my wife so much and she’s the greatest woman I know. With so many marriages failing, it’s sure nice to see a post like this.
Your loving testimony of 18 years is encouraging and inspiring. May you be blessed with 18+ more.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, Jay and Francine!! May you be blessed with many, many more. Congratulations.!
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Congrats on 18 years of marriage! What a wonderful milestone to reach; though I have to tell you Jay, you now have put all of us married bloggers on the spot to write something equally sweet to our ladies when our anniversaries roll around…lol
Happy belated Anniversary!
This is the sweetest thing I have ever read-I can’t even imagine what you are going to write when you reach your 20th anniversary; this one will be hard to top! I also thought her comment was so sweet, too-yea, you guys are such a cute couple. Congrats again on 18 years of marriage!
Awe, many congratulations on 18 years of marriage AND what a very sweet letter for your wife. That was just beautiful.
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Congrats on your anniversary; amazing how the time flies!